Sinners

I had been away from sinners for too long.  Ever since it I saw it in IMAX, this film  unfortunately fell victim to this feeling of FOMO from myself. I liked it quite a bit but wasn’t over the moon about it like everyone else. It kinda put me in a weird spot where you wouldn’t be silly to think I hated the film based on how I talked about it. Shooting down any praise that i thought was unwarranted, finding flaws I didn’t even feel during the film. Essentially, I’ve been unfair to Sinners and I thank God that I did this rewatch, cause this movie is just damn phenomenal and it really clicked for me here.  It’s completely understandable why a movie like this would create such a passionate fanbase and culture around it. It’s just ozzing with such confidence and enthusiasm throughout its entire runtime. The first half in particular I would argue is damn near perfect film besides the aspect ratio switches (yes I know I’m the only one who gets annoyed by them). I just hate being teased with IMAX, just to go back to the boring wide ratio that it doesn’t even take advantage of during the film. Small nitpick I admit. Honestly I’d say my only complaint that holds up and the one I was most expecting it to is, the action. 99% of the time it felt so choreographed and clumsily filmed tbh.  I can’t believe it took me nearly a year to finally be able to join everyone else in loving this film but hell, better late then never.